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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VIII, The Voortrekkers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter Seven, for what tribal problem does the diviner think Ndela is responsible?
(a) The scarcity of game for them to hunt.
(b) The sickness of their cattle.
(c) The flooding of their land.
(d) The drought over their land.

2. What does Mfecane mean?
(a) The great warrior.
(b) Blessings of the gods.
(c) Death.
(d) The crushing.

3. What Englishman documents Shaka's later years?
(a) Captain Nicholas Saltwood.
(b) Bill Turner.
(c) James Lochwood.
(d) Henry Francis Fynn.

4. What work does Paul de Prè's wife do for his Amsterdam employers?
(a) She is their cook.
(b) She is their housekeeper.
(c) She is their seamstress.
(d) She is their governess.

5. For what purpose are the small San people enslaved and used by the people of Zimbabwe?
(a) To build the city's temples.
(b) To perform domestic tasks like cooking.
(c) To work in the barley fields.
(d) To work the gold mines.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Prince Henry of Portugal want to find the city of Ophir?

2. What does the king of Zimbabwe put Nxumalo in charge of moving?

3. What is the name of the Van Doorn estate in South Africa?

4. What does Karel Van Doorn want to do with the secret purchase Paul de Prè brings back from France?

5. How many rhinoceros horns does the Old Seeker tell chief Ngalo he needs?

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